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Shadrack Biwott
Country: United States
Age: 31
Date of Birth: February 19, 1985
Residence: Mammoth Lakes, CA
Personal Best: 2:12:55, Frankfurt, GER, 2014
New York City Marathon History: Debut
Career Highlights
2016 Rock ‘n’ Roll San Jose Half-Marathon 1st 1:01:55
2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 7th 2:15:23
2014 USA Half-Marathon Championships 7th 1:01:56
2014 Frankfurt Marathon 14th 2:12:55
2013 USA Half-Marathon Championships 2nd 1:02:24
Biwott will compete in his second marathon of 2016, following a seventh-place, 2:15:23
performance at the U.S. Olympic Trials in February. Since that performance, he’s placed
fourth at the USATF Half-Marathon Championships in Columbus, OH in April, running
1:03:19, in addition to an eighth-place 1:00:10 at the USATF 20K Championships in New
Haven, CT in September. While tuning up for the TCS New York City Marathon, Biwott won
the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Jose Half-Marathon in 1:01:55; Biwott’s brother, Duncan Kibet, had won
that event ten years earlier with a 1:00:22 performance, and would later win the 2009
Rotterdam Marathon in 2:04:27.
Born in Eldoret, Kenya, Biwott came to the United States as a teenager, living with his
uncle, Simon Sawe—also a competitive distance runner—in Albuquerque, NM. Biwott then
attended the University of Oregon, where he earned four NCAA All-American honors with
the Ducks. Biwott became a U.S. citizen in 2012, and was the USA Running Circuit series
champion in 2013. In his five circuit races that year, he never missed the podium, taking second
in the half-marathon, third in the 10K, second in the 20K, third in the marathon,
and second in the 12K championships.
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